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Norway Supreme Court dismisses appeal against Ghana

General News of Tuesday, 4 April 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame   The Supreme Court of Norway has, in a unanimous preliminary determination by a panel of three (3), refused to grant leave to appeal to Messrs. Jongsbru AS, party to a judgment of the Norway Court of Appeal previously given in favour of ...

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Integrated aluminium industry to create nearly 2 million sustainable jobs – Minister

Business News of Tuesday, 4 April 2023 Source: thebftonline.com Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor With an estimated bauxite resource base of over 900 million metric tonnes, a comprehensive development of an integrated aluminium industry would create nearly 2 million sustainable jobs with an anticipated US$1trillion in total revenue for the country, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Samuel ...

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Three new taxes already existed – Oppong-Nkrumah

Business News of Tuesday, 4 April 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Kojo Oppong Nkrumah is Information Minister Minister of Information Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has stated that the three tax bills that were passed by Parliament on March 31, 2023 were already existing taxes that needed amendments. According to him, the notion that these taxes were new and will cause hardships and overburden Ghanaians is not true. ...

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FULL TEXT: NPP Chairman responds to NDC’s True ‘SoNA’

Politics of Wednesday, 5 April 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Stephen Ntim, NPP National Chairman National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party on April 5 addressed a press conference at the party headquarters in Accra. Stephen Ntim addressed a number of issues at the conference stressing on the economic records of the main opposition National Democratic Congress and that of the NPP ...

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NPP has increased Ghana’s debt stock by ‘just’ 304% – National Chairman

Business News of Wednesday, 5 April 2023 Source: classfmonline.com Stephen Ntim, NPP National Chairman The administrations of the National Democratic Congress that took over from President John Kufuor added the most to Ghana’s debt stock, the Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Stephen Ntim, has said. At a press conference on Tuesday, 4 April 2023, Stephen Ntim said: “One of the central claims ...

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Parliament passes three new taxes

Business News of Saturday, 1 April 2023 Taxes | File photo Parliament has passed three new tax measures during an extended sitting of Friday, March 31, 2023. The said taxes also faced stiff opposition from the Minority Caucus in the House but the Majority managed to marshall all their numbers on the day to get the taxes passed. The three new ...

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Prove Seth Terkper’s authorisation for Letters of Credits – Judge tells Ato Forson

General News of Thursday, 30 March 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson is the Minority Leader in Parliament The trial judge in a case of causing financial loss to the state, brought against a former Deputy Minister of Finance and current Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has asked him to show proof of authorisation that gave into the ...

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Support Ghana’s efforts to restore debt sustainability – IMF to bilateral creditors

Business News of Friday, 24 March 2023   The International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on all bilateral creditors to support Ghana’s efforts to restore debt sustainability, as the country works towards presenting its economic programme for IMF Board approval. Speaking at a news conference in Washington DC, the Director of Communications at the IMF, Julie Kozack, stressed ...

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$3bn bailout: ‘Give Ghana necessary financing assurances as soon as possible’ – IMF tells China

Business News of Friday, 24 March 2023 Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Ghana’s creditors to hasten to grant the financing assurances needed promptly so the Board of the Bretton Woods institution can approve the cocoa, gold and oil-producing West African country’s $3-billion extended credit facility to restore economic stability to the nation. “We’re calling on ...

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